Public Meetings About Walking And Biking Paths

Join in these DCR sponsored meetings and let your voice be heard to support more walking and biking paths.

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From Livable Streets:

Please join us for a series of public meetings where the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy will present and obtain feedback on options for improving safety and accessibility for all people walking, running, biking, and driving, at three key areas:

Perkins St and Parkman Dr – Perkins St Pedestrian Crossing Study
Thursday, October 1, 6:30 – 8:30pm
@ Arnold Arboretum Visitor Center, Hunnewell Bldg
125 Arborway, Boston

Centre St from the VFW Parkway to Murray Circle – Centre St Corridor Study
Wednesday, October 7, 6:30 – 8:30pm
@ Arnold Arboretum Visitor Center, Hunnewell Bldg
125 Arborway, Boston

The Arborway between Eliot St and South St, including Kelley and Murray Circles – Arborway Multi-modal Improvement Project
Wednesday, October 14, 6:30 – 8:30pm
@ Arnold Arboretum Visitor Center, Hunnewell Bldg
125 Arborway, Boston

This project is an important piece of the Emerald Network, a vision for 200 miles of seamless greenways across the urban core to create a 21st-century recreation and transportation system that is safe and convenient for all. To learn more about our initiativeclick here.

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Boston Bikes Update

The city is doing all sorts of things, check it out below:

Join us for the last Bike Friday of the year!

August 30th, 7-9am

It will be a special event with a safety demonstration!
Stop by to learn about truck side guards, blind spots on large vehicles, and bike racks on buses.

Come join hundreds of cyclists for a morning bike party on City Hall Plaza. We’ll start the morning right – enjoy free breakfast by Boloco, bike away with free goodies, and spend the morning with some of your best cycling friends. Register now at www.bikefridays.org.

Email najah.shakir@cityofboston.gov to volunteer as a convoy leader

Upcoming Public Meetings

Attend these upcoming public meetings to voice your support or criticism of bike facilities in the following areas.

Bike facilities on Hemenway St
Wednesday, August 14th
6pm – 7pm
Boston Conservancy
31 Hemenway St, T401, Fenway

Bike lanes on West Broadway
Tuesday, August 20th
6pm-7pm
J. F. Condon School
200 D Street, South Boston, MA

Cycle-track around Public Garden
Wednesday, September 18th
6pm – 8pm
Firehouse
127 Mount Vernon Street, Beacon Hill

Visit our website for more information. If you cannot attend the meetings, send us your comments via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter.

We’re hiring instructors for the fall season of our Youth Cycling Program

The instructors will provide in-classroom and on-the-bike youth and adult cycling educational programming at Boston Public Schools and other community locations. A variety of hours will be available. Visit
bostonbikes.org to learn more about the program and e-mail
[email protected] for more information.

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Upcoming Public Meetings

• 7pm, Public Hearing: Arlington, Proposed mobility improvements at Massachusetts Avenue, Pleasant Street & Mystic Street to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety
• 7pm, Public Meeting: Royalston, Stockwell Road Bridge over Lawrence Brook Replacement Project

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Upcoming Public Meetings

From Dotbike

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Brookline Transportation Board Meeting – Thursday Jan. 26th 7 – 9 p.m. Room 111 Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington St. Brookline
There are several bike related agenda items including:
Discussion and Action on proposed contraflow bicycle lane on Green St. From Dwight to Harvard.
Discussion and Action on proposed contraflow bicycle lane on Park St. From Marion to Beacon.
Discussion and Action on proposed contraflow bicycle lane on Dudley St. From Lee to Walnut.
Discussion and Action on proposed bicycle lane and shared lane markings on Washington St. From Cypress to the town line.

If you ride in Brookline and especially on any of these streets then think about attending.

Mass DOT Public Meeting on Fore River Bridge Replacement Project – Thursday Feb. 9th 7 – 9 p.m. Abigail Adams Middle School Auditorium 89 Middle St, East Weymouth, MA
A Design Public Hearing will be held by MassDOT to discuss the proposed Fore River Bridge Replacement Project in Weymouth and Quincy, MA
The current plan calls for two travel lanes with bikes relegated to the shoulder “a bicycle accommodating shoulder” and sidewalks for pedestrians.
If you have ridden over this bridge you know that any upgrade will be welcome but please attend to advocate for better bicycle accommodations such as a dedicated cycle track or shared separated pedestrian/bicycle path across the bridge.
More info on the project can be found here http://www.massdotprojectsforeriverbridge.info/projdescript.html

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View The Boston Bike Network Plan Tonight

Check out the list of events below, and also be sure to check out the boston bike network plan tonight at the BPL, should have lots of new and fun bikey goodness planned for next year.

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There are four important public meetings coming up this week and next.   All these meetings are great opportunities to give feedback on long term projects that will have great benefits for cycling.

• Wednesday Nov 16 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.  Boston Bikes is having a review of the Boston Bike Network Plan at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square lower level McKim Room A.
• Thursday Nov 17 from 7 – 9 p.m. DCR will present plans and ask for input on the Neponset River Greenway Improvement Project at the Foley Senior Residences, 249 River St. in Mattapan
• Monday Nov 21 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Mass DOT and the Casey Overpass Working Group will present plans and asks for comment on the Casey Overpass reconstruction project at William A. Hinton State Laboratory 305 South StreetJamaica Plain
• Newly added Tuesday Nov 22 from 6 – 8 p.m. Mass DOT is holding a public meeting on the future of Morton St. – attend and ask for a cycle track to be installed – Mildred Ave. School 3 Mildred Ave., Mattapan (thanks to BCU for the heads up)

(thanks for the heads up DotBike)

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